Engelsk udsagnsord: provoke | |||
1. | provoke (om følelse) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Arouse pity. Raise a smile. Evoke sympathy. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, raise | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | create, make | ||
Mere specifikke termer | anger, ask for, bruise, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, excite, excite, fire up, heat, hurt, ignite, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, prick, rekindle, shake, shake up, shame, spite, stimulate, stir, stir up, strike a chord, sweep over, touch a chord, untune, upset, wake, whelm, wound | ||
2. | provoke (om tilvejebringelse) evoke or provoke to appear or occur | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | call forth, evoke, kick up | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | cause, do, make | ||
Mere specifikke termer | pick | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir | ||
3. | provoke (om kommunikation) provide the needed stimulus for | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They provoke him to write the letter | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | stimulate | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | challenge | ||
Mere specifikke termer | agitate, entice, foment, incite, instigate, jog, lure, rejuvenate, set off, stir up, stir up, tempt | ||
4. | provoke (om følelse) annoy continually or chronically | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked. This man harasses his female co-workers. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | The performance is likely to provoke Sue | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex | ||
Mere specifikke termer | bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, goad, haze, needle, rag, torment | ||